May 20, 2015
UPDATE [Wednesday, 11:55 a.m.] - As it turns out, the jerseys below, stitched into the lining of center Nerlens Noel's suit jacket at the NBA Draft Lottery on Tuesday night, are the new-look uniforms the team promised last week when they unveiled their updated logos.
Nerlens Noel with #Sixers jerseys stitched inside his jacket for good luck. No. 15 is for the 2015 draft. pic.twitter.com/IXr6dpVye1
— Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) May 19, 2015
The team sent out an email this morning that included the following message:
The official unveiling of the uniforms will be on June 18, one week before the 2015 NBA Draft.
Last week, when the Sixers unveiled their new logo, they promised to unveil their new-look jerseys during an event on June 18 at the Wells Fargo Center, but center Nerlens Noel may have just tipped their hand.
In New York to represent the 76ers at Tuesday night's NBA Draft Lottery, Noel showed reporters a his custom suit jacket, complete with team jerseys as the inner lining. As expected, it was awesome.
Nerlens Noel with #Sixers jerseys stitched inside his jacket for good luck. No. 15 is for the 2015 draft. pic.twitter.com/IXr6dpVye1
— Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) May 19, 2015
But wait, I don't remember having seen those jerseys before. Could they be the new uniforms we aren't supposed to see for another month? Or am I just hopeful because I really like them?
Nerlens Noel flashes charm, new uni preview: pic.twitter.com/rgY097T43i
— Brian Seltzer (@BrianSeltzer975) May 19, 2015
No word from the Sixers yet, but if this was a sneak peak of the coming changes, it was a pretty creative way to do it.
